Northland

Northland Mayoral Forum chair Vince Cocurullo says Cyclone Gabrielle exacerbated existing infrastructure damage, spreading across the region like smallpox.

Police say 12 people were arrested at a beach hop event at Whangamatā on the Coromandel Peninsula on Saturday night but behaviour at the event was generally good.

The family of a murdered Whangārei forestry worker have described their anguish, at the High Court today.

Cyclone Gabrielle was almost the final nail in the coffin for the $33 million tourist attraction.

Major increases are expected to be added to that amount as more definite figures emerge.

A man who assaulted a lawyer in an elevator at the Whangārei District Court has pleaded guilty.

Whangārei Harbour - and others along Northland's east coast - are at risk from a new superspreader invasive pest seaweed devastating parts of Great Barrier Island, a Northland ocean ecologist...

No disciplinary action has been taken against the officers involved which was disappointing, the IPCA chair Judge Colin Doherty says.

Ngāpuhi parents who challenged an anti-co-governance roadshow in Kerikeri last night hosted by Julian Batchelor say it was a display of ignorance.

Police had to break up arguments and eventually ask people to leave an anti-co-governance event in Dargaville last night. Audio

A family lawyer has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after disorder in the Whangārei courthouse.

National and a nursing union boss say health figures about ED wait times are wildly optimistic and simply can't be real - and Te Whatu Ora agrees. Audio

One mother had to take her son home after he ate some of the chicken tenders and experienced symptoms of salmonella poisoning.

A former Whangārei mayoral candidate is concerned about potentially toxic black mould for the 500 staff who will soon move into the building.

Lions, tigers and a leopard face possible euthanasia in Whangārei after the financial collapse of their cat sanctuary home.

Police have seized drugs, firearms, and cash during a series of planned raids on properties across the Far North.

The park in Whangārei was the scene of a fatal tiger attack on a handler in 2009.

SH25 in Coromandel has partially reopened to light vehicles after a section of the highway fell away, but the mayor says the latest slip is bringing more anxiety to the region. Audio

Hundreds of freight containers will now have to be trucked on Northland's already fragile roads each week. Audio